Dragon Boxing is one of Chinese Wushu styles. Its roots can be traced back to 1565 AD. Legends have it that a
monk named “Min Fa San Yang” created the Dragon Boxing techniques while daydreaming about countermoves. It
was dragon’s twisting movements that inspired him. Although some of the stretching and twisting movements
associated with Dragon Boxing were part of Budhidharma’s exercise he taught to the Shaolin Monks around 570
AD, it was not till 1565 AD that the Dragon Boxing emerged due to Min Fa San Yang.

Dragon Boxing essentially an internal, chi cultivating method, but initial training is far more similar to a hard, external
style than a delicate, reptilian approach. In learning the moves, the student of Dragon Boxing will strike hard, block
hard and stomp into each position, with the idea of learning the proper place to be once each movement is complete.
Inhaling is silent in Dragon Boxing, but exhalation is deliberate, tense and controlled. Inhaling lightens the body far
aerial maneuvers, while exhaling drives power into each technique.

Some of the hand techniques used in Dragon Boxing are tiger-like punches and clawing techniques. It also uses
leopard-like hit and run strikes to weaken a physically superior adversary. Pinpoint strikes to vulnerable meridian
targets are employed too. The Dragon claw is used to grab and hold while delivering a powerful blow with another
part of the body. Much of the power comes from a circular movement such as twisting the body, and the
development of internal power called chi.

The movements of Dragon Boxing are very fluid like and circular. One is taught to “ride the wind”, a phrase which
in large part means follow rather than lead. Students are also taught to provide no opening without first letting your
opponent open. Dragon Boxer evades primarily by rotation of upper or lower torso with little or no stance
movements. On the highest level of Dragon Boxing, an opponent is allowed to tire himself out, evasion becoming
the Dragon Boxer’s key defense. Chi control is highly developed, and the degree to which the body must be moved
to redirect or avoid impact is under great control.

A Dragon Boxer is dedicated to defend the honor, the creed, the pride, and the self-respect for what he wishes to be
called. Wisdom, courage, honor, strength, and purity are taught from the beginning to Dragon Boxing students.
Dragon Boxers pledge to serve people with good manners, to serve elders with honor and respect, and to remember
always the true meaning of humility and good character.